Dan MacGuill
Dan Mac Guill worked at Snopes between May 2017 and August 2022. Mac Guill is a journalist and fact-checker from Dublin, Ireland, based in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He ran FactCheck on TheJournal.ie - the Republic of Ireland's first dedicated fact-checking service - from 2016 to 2017, and worked as a reporter for TheJournal.ie from 2014. Before that, he was Deputy Editor of The Local France in Paris. He has a BA in philosophy from the University of Scranton and an MA in political science from Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 25, 2018
We fact-check a series of claims about Japan's healthcare and medical insurance system.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 24, 2018
The second installment in our two-part examination of a viral, pro-gun rights video.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 24, 2018
The first installment of our two-part examination of a viral pro-gun rights video.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 23, 2018
An anonymous New York prankster put up satirical posters for President Trump's lawyer on the cit ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 20, 2018
A Republican politician and a right-wing television station grossly misrepresented California le ...
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April 19, 2018
A viral meme shows a real moment of mental difficulty for one contestant on "Who Wants to Be a M ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 18, 2018
A legend about the iconic wrestler has a significant grain of truth to it but has been embellish ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 18, 2018
A disreputable web site managed to trick thousands of internet users with false claims that the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 16, 2018
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has charged 71-year-old Judy Tucker with simple battery in an i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 16, 2018
A conspiracy theory fomented by Roger Stone gets even basic facts wrong.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 13, 2018 (Updated: June 19, 2018)
A pro-gun rights meme gets some facts right, but it misrepresents the truth behind an old high s ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 12, 2018
News reports exaggerated the scope and significance of comments made by the pontiff.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 11, 2018
A viral meme accurately describes the future president's lobbying efforts, but it leaves out the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 9, 2018
St. Louis "media personality" Jamie Allman wrote that he was "getting ready to ram a hot poker u ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 9, 2018
An insidious scam ended with Facebook users involuntarily spamming their groups.
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April 9, 2018
Shortly after a fatal fire at Trump Tower, a fake tweet attributed to Joy Behar of 'The View' be ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 6, 2018
That's gratitude for you!
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 4, 2018
The celebrity couple announced they had "lovingly chosen to separate" in April 2018.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2018
A trivia-loving Facebook page accurately shares the joy of "Callin' Oates."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 22, 2018
A viral hoax managed to trick some people.
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